Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk has lost a lawsuit against OpenAI, a company he co-founded, after a jury ruled that he waited too long to bring his claims. Musk had accused OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, and its president, Greg Brockman, of breaching their charitable trust and participating in unjust enrichment at his expense. The jury found that Musk missed the statute of limitations deadline, and the judge accepted the verdict, dismissing Musk's claims. The trial was widely seen as a critical moment for the future of OpenAI and artificial intelligence generally, raising questions about how the technology should be used and who should benefit from it. Musk had sought about $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and co-defendant Microsoft, a major OpenAI investor. The money would have been paid to an OpenAI nonprofit. The verdict is a major victory for Altman and OpenAI, and it preserves the status quo for the company, which is valued at $852 billion. OpenAI's lawyers argued that Musk was motivated by petty revenge and that he filed the lawsuit only after failing to gain majority control of OpenAI's commercial entity.